Some believe that by banning the box,meaning where the job candidate is not required to check the box asking if he as criminal records, will level the playing field. The belief is the human resources manager will not be prejudiced by previous criminal convictions before assessing the candidate’s capability and skill sets. Proponents believe it helps dilute discriminatory practices.

Opponents believe it puts more pressure on employers to determine criminal histories and how it may impact the job. The employer must now use increased background checks to search for additional evidence of criminal behavior. Opponents also argue that if an employment candidate is of a demographic where criminal behavior is more prevalent, they might automatically reject the client offhand and not numberswiki.com

request an interview. Opponents also point to the dangers of employer negligence where the employer is potentially liable if the candidate with criminal records snaps out on the job and kills or injures other staff members. the refrain–“Why didn’t they discover this person was a criminal and capable of violent action?

The idea behind ban the box is not only to quell discriminatory practices during the initial stages of employment screening but to try to give qualified candidates, who had mess up in their lives, and second chance. In a tough job market this is often easier said than done. As a nation of second chances, in spirit at least it can be a viable solution. But like most things theoretical, there may be some issue. But until we know the results, it is certainly worth a try.

“We have a great number of trucking and transportation clients and the trucking package they need,” said Nick Gustavson, Corra Group Co-Founder. “To be compliant with Department of Transportation regulations, it is necessary that they run the Motor Vehicle Records search at least once a year for every commercial driver. Additionally, it’s important for a trucking company to know employee’s driving records in order to calculate insurance premiums that are based on driving performance.”

“We see scenarios where, despite the legal conflict, sometimes drivers will carry more than one driving license and not tell their employers,” said Gustavson. “They will have a driver’s license in one state and a driver’s license in yet another. We have had clients who are mystified when rivers are stopped for a violation and in worse case scenarios they are arrested and their trucks impounded. It costs many thousands of dollars to bail out the driver and get the truck out of the pound.”

And who said kids aren’t enterprising anymore? According to this article in CBS Houston, a seventeen-year-old convinced Walmart Staff Members that he was an employee. He then helped himself to bundles of cash. In all, he stole $30 thousand from three different stores.

According to the article…”At a Walmart in Moore, the teen “acted as if he was a general manager from another store,” says the police report. He told the managers he was doing an inventory before corporate higher ups came to inspect them after the holidays.

Surveillance cameras recorded the teen all alone in the cash room where he took “multiple bundles of cash, stuffing them inside his pockets and clothes,” says the report.

He allegedly showed up in uniform and nametag at a store in Edmond, where he worked a register and pocketed $3,000.”

Now there is any amounts of comments on this. One being, what kind of staff sees a kid come through with a nametag and uniform and doesn’t ask questions. Maybe background checks and reference verification would prevent a business for hiring people dumb enough to fall for a ploy. If the kid asked to borrow the truck, would they have handed over the keys? Employment screening would certainly be cheaper than the $30 thousand they lost in the heist. To say nothing of the embarrassment.

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